Bubbler head for fountains



1,621,724 J. P. HEENEY ET AL.

BUBBLER HEAD Fon FOUNTAINS Filed March 4. 1926 Z'z n (797:5: Jo-se P Hcerg March 22 1927.

Patented Mar. 22, 1927.

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JGSEPH P. TEEENEY AND 'JOHN G. MITCHELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOSl BUBBLER HEAD FOR FOUNTAINS.

Application lefl March 4, 1,926.

This invention .relates to improvements in bubbler heads for fountains and the like.. One of the objects of the. invention is to provide a bubbler head which will cause the intiowing supply of water to be diverted into a plurality of channels which lead into a common and central receiving chamber, in

which the reunited streams of water will bubble upwardly above the top ot the head 'l0 a proper height for the purpose. intended, without the. unpleasant torce usually given to water in bubbler heads due to the pressure in the supply pipe.

Another object of the invention is to prevent water in the bubbler chamber 'from draining back into the supply pipe, when the supply of water isv shut oit'.

Another object is to produce a bubbler head or' pleasing design, made in one piece, and having no complicated partsto get out of order.

To the attainment of the `'o1e,g ,oing objects, our invention consists in the devices illustrated and herein described and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings: n

Figure 1 is a side. elevation of a bubbler head constructed in accordance with our invention, positioned upon the upper end of a supply pipe.

Figure- 2 is av top plan view of the same. Figure 3 is a sectional view of the bubbler head, thel section being taken in the vertical 35. plane indicated by the dotted line 3 3 ot' Figure 2.

Figure -t is a transverse, sectional view oit the bubbler head, the section being taken in the horizontal plane` indicated by the dotted line 11-4 of Figure 3.

The bubbler head is indicated a whole by the letter A and is shown as being secured to the upper end of an ordinary supply pipe B, preferably by means oil" screw threads 1. The head A comprises a tubular, central or body portion 2, provided with a plurality ot radially extending members 3, so that upon looking in plan view, the device as a whole assum-es the crucitorm outline indicated in Figure 2. The central portion 2 is provided with a top opening bubbler chamber 4, the bottom of which is formed by the horizontally disposed wall or partition 5. Upon the lower side oi the partition 5 is a receiving chamber 6, into which water coming from the supply pipe Serial No. 92,131.

B freely enters, with .such force as to strike the bottom of the partition `wall 5 and yilind its outlet ina plurality of -passageways or conduits 7, one in each of the members 3.

e integral with and extending `from the partition 5 are a. plurality of .upwardly arranged walls 8, one in each of' the members 3, and through the upper' 4portion of the walls 8 is a lateral passagewayor.conduit 9, Y

The operation of the .device will readily be understood. Water being .turned on into theI supply pipe B, enters Vthe A.receiving chamber 6 of the headand .flows in four directions; that is, into each ot the tourconduits 7, Vupwardly through the connecting passageway 9 and then downwardlyinto the passageway 10, and finally laterally, through the passageway 12.

The supply of water thus being divided into four streams, enters the bubbler chamber t in four different streams which meet in the center thereof, with the result that the water bubbles upwardly above the top margin 13 oi the bubbler chamber and sui'liciently high Yto enable a person using the. device, as in the act of drinking, to gather the water in the mouth; the water bubbling in an easy, gentle flow, and without the unpleasantness which would -ordinarily result iii' the full torce of the water pressure was directed in a single stream.

lWhen the water is shut off by closing the pipe B, (the valve for this purpose not being any part of our invention, is not herein illustrated), the water that is in the conduit 1() will seek its proper level in the bubbler chamber 4 and will be drained off therefrom together with any surplus water in said chamber, through a` drain pipe 14 through the wall of the body portion 2.

The water in passageway 7 will naturally settle below the level of the passageway 9 in partition wall 8, but no water that has passed through passageway 9 will return to the source of supply, even though the drain 14C may become temporarily choked. The bottom of passageway 9 is higher than the top 13 of the bubbler chamber i and hence Water in the latter, in the event ot clicking ot drain 11i, Would overflow the top margin of the chamber 4t.

lVe claim as our invention:

1. A bubbler head comprising in a unitary structure an interior receiving chamber, an open end bubbler chamber, a plurality of conduits leading from the receivingl chamber and discharging into'and near the bottom oit the bubbler chamber and below the level of the highest part of the conduit, each conduit having a tortuous path.

2. A bubblcr head comprising in a unitary.

structure. an interior receiving chamber, an open end bubbler chamber, a plurality ot' conduits each leading from the receiving chamber over a vertically disposed partition and discharging into the bubbler chamber below the top of the latter and belouT the level ot the highest part of the conduit,

3. A bubbler head comprising an interior receiving chamber, an open end bubbler chamber, a plurality of conduits each leading from the receiving chamber over a vertically disposed partition and discharging into the bubbler chamber below its top, the height ot the interior partitions being greater than the height oii the Walls of the bubbier chamber.

il. A bubbler head comprising a unitary casting having a cylindric body portion adapted at one end lior operative connection Wit-h a liquid supply pipe, an interior liquid receiving chamber, an open recess constituting a bubbler chamber, a plurality ot' radially, longitudinally disposed members, each having an apertured partition, a liquid passagevvay on each side of the partition and communicating With each other through the partition aperture, one of said passageways communicating with the receiving chamber and the other with the bubbler chamber, and a drain opening leading from the bubbler chamber.

5. A bubbler head comprising a unitary casting having a cylindric body portion adapted at one end for operative connection with a liquid supply pipe, au interior liquid receiving chamber, an open recess constituting a bubbler chamber, a plurality of radially, longitudinally disposed members, each having an apertured partition, a. liquid passage Way on each side of the partition and communicating With each other through the partition aperture, one of said passageways communicating With the receiving chamber and the other with the bubbler chamber, and a drain opening leading from the bubbler chamber, the lower level of the partition aperture being at or above the top wall of the bubbler chamber.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our invention We affix our signatures, this lst day of March, 1926.

JOSEPH P. HEENEY. JOHN G. MITCHELL. 

